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Photo of Gloucester Cathedral, a cathedral in Gloucestershire, south west England.

Gloucester Cathedral© Christopher JT Cherrington / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Places to explore near Gloucester StationGloucester

47 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 1 is a national icon.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of Gloucester Cathedral, a cathedral in Gloucestershire, south west England.Iconic

Gloucester Cathedral

Cathedral near Gloucester

Great Norman-and-Gothic cathedral with a soaring tower and a fan-vaulted cloister filmed for Harry Potter.

0.6 km W

Photo of Gloucester Docks, a landmark in Gloucestershire, south west England.Highlight

Gloucester Docks

Landmark near Gloucester

Restored Victorian dock basin of tall brick warehouses, now museums, shops and a waterside brewery.

0.9 km W

Photo of the Cotswolds, a National Landscape in England.Highlight

Cotswolds

National Landscape near Cirencester

Honey-coloured limestone villages scattered across rolling sheep country, and paths enough to link them all up

4.5 km SE

Photo along the Cotswold Way, a 102-mile National Trail running from Bath to Chipping Campden, England.Highlight

Cotswold Way

National Trail

A hundred miles of honeyed limestone, beech hangers and escarpment views to the Severn.

6.6 km SE · Gloucestershire, Somerset & Worcestershire

Photo of Severn Bore, a landmark in Gloucestershire, south west England.Highlight

Severn Bore

Landmark near Gloucester

Tidal wave that sweeps upriver against the current on the Severn, ridden by surfers on the biggest tides.

6.7 km W

Photo: Painswick Beacon, a viewpoint in the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, south west England.Highlight

Painswick Beacon

Viewpoint near Painswick

Iron Age hillfort and golf-course common above Painswick, with wide views across the Severn Vale.

7.3 km SE

Photo of The Greenway Hotel and Spa, a restaurant near Shurdington in the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, south west England.Highlight

The Greenway Hotel and Spa

Restaurant · With rooms near Shurdington

Elizabethan country-house hotel dining below Cleeve Hill outside Cheltenham.

8.1 km E

Photo of Painswick Rococo Garden, a Grade II* registered house & garden in the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, south west England.Highlight

Painswick Rococo Garden

House & garden near Painswick

The only complete rococo garden left in England, laid out in the 1740s.

8.6 km S

Photo of Painswick, a village in the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, south west England.Highlight

Painswick

Village

'Queen of the Cotswolds', a hillside town of pale stone whose churchyard holds ninety-nine clipped yews.

9.4 km S · Gloucestershire

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of Greyfriars, Gloucester, a ruined friary in Gloucestershire, south west England.

Greyfriars, Gloucester

Friary · Franciscan near Gloucester

Tall ruined walls of Gloucester's Franciscan friary church, rebuilt in the early Tudor years for a community established in 1231.

0.5 km W

Photo along the Geopark Way, a 109-mile long-distance path running from Bridgnorth to Gloucester, England.

Geopark Way

Long-distance path

Bridgnorth to Gloucester through the Abberley and Malvern Hills Geopark — 700 million years of geology in 109 miles.

0.6 km W · spans 4 counties

Photo along the Wysis Way, a 55-mile long-distance path running from Monmouth to Kemble, south west England.

Wysis Way

Long-distance path

Monmouth to Kemble, stitching the Wye to the source of the Thames across the Forest of Dean and the Stroud valleys.

0.8 km S · Gloucestershire

St Oswald's Priory

Priory near Gloucester

The remains of a medieval priory in Gloucestershire.

0.8 km NW

Photo along the Severn Way, a 210-mile long-distance path running from Plynlimon to Bristol, England and Wales.

Severn Way

Long-distance path

Britain's longest riverside walk, shadowing the Severn from its peat-hag source on Plynlimon to the docks at Bristol.

1 km W · spans 5 counties

Photo of the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal, a 16-mile canal running from Gloucester Docks to Sharpness, south west England.

Gloucester & Sharpness Canal

Canal

A ship canal beside the Severn estuary — the widest and deepest in the world when it opened in 1827.

1 km W · Gloucestershire

Gloucester Brewery

Brewery near Gloucester

Eco-minded brewery at Gloucester Docks with a waterside taproom and shop in Warehouse 4.

1.1 km W

Photo along the Gloucestershire Way, a 94-mile long-distance path running from Chepstow to Tewkesbury, south west England.

Gloucestershire Way

Long-distance path

Chepstow to Tewkesbury the long way round: the Forest of Dean, a Severn crossing at Gloucester and a climb over the Cotswold edge.

1.3 km W · Gloucestershire

Photo of Over Bridge, Gloucester, a landmark in Gloucestershire, south west England.

Over Bridge, Gloucester

Landmark near Gloucester

Thomas Telford's broad single stone arch over the Severn just west of Gloucester, finished in the late 1820s and now closed to traffic.

2.1 km NW

Everything else within 10 km (29) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.